Sorry for my double post, but I located the "No Mercy" promotional video and it's hysterical like most of their videos were! https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm10300090" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Mallard No. 22 wrote:Louie - 'Mad Hatter' has a very 60s vibe to it, I can imagine The Kinks doing it.

And I like the jazz-type trumpet at the end, as per e.g. Alan Price.

Someone brought-up an excellent point that the Stranglers "nicked" some of "Dead End Street" towards the end and then 4 years later they covered "All Day and All of the Night": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6k3tNNRS_I" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; which I might have before...

Hugh left the band because he could no longer tolerate them not hitting it back here in the States and that's quite a shame!

Mallard No. 22 wrote:I always liked them, but for some reason they seemed never to have the kudos of The Jam or The Clash.

I believe the Stranglers were too complex for the masses (especially in the States) to figure out. "Golden Brown" should have been more of a hit here and should have spurred the reaction of the early-mid Clash and Jam albums did, but even that song is awfully difficult to embrace fully except for us musical snobs! haha

I bet their songs would be hits now if they came in present times.....